Camden Haven Music Festival Inc reserves the right to add, withdraw or substitute artists and to vary the  program  without notice

Friday 23 April 2pm Doors Open 1.15pm for pre-concert talk at 2pm

St Columba Anglican School Chapel Iona Avenue via Major Innes Road Port Macquarie

Sydney Consort - Italian & French Baroque (Concert 1)
The first of two concerts featuring music of the Baroque era. Concert 1 features music by Italian and French composers, some little-heard but sublime, other pieces by well-known favourites.

Belinda Montgomery - soprano
Hans-Dieter Michatz - recorder
Stan Kornel - violin & viola d'amore
Monika Kornel - harpsichord

Sydney Consort is one of Australia’s most energetic music ensembles devoted to early music of the 17th and 18th Centuries and dedicated to bringing the beauty and wisdom of Baroque music to a rapidly growing audience. In 2000 Sydney Consort celebrated the vocal and instrumental music of Bach, commemorating the 250th anniversary of the composer’s death with spectacular concerts at Sydney’s St James’ Church.

Soprano Belinda Montgomery graduated in 1997 from Sydney University with a Bachelor of Music (Honours) in Voice. She later studied with Emma Kirkby and Evelyn Tubb in England and has since established a freelance career in Sydney, where she is particularly active as an early music specialist.

www.sydneyconsort.com.au

Concert concludes approximately 3.30pm no interval

Tickets: Pre Buy $27; At the Door $32; Members & Friends $27; Child $10

Both Baroque Concerts (1) and (2) Pre Buy $45; Child $15

Friday 23 April 7.30pm Doors Open 7.10pm
School of Arts Hall Comboyne Street Kendall
(Concert concludes approximately 9pm – refreshments after)

Opening Concert - Seven Harp Ensemble
Proudly Sponsored by Port Macquarie Hastings Council

“... seven majestic harps, each beautifully lit by a halogen star suspended above it...”

Alice Giles
Tegan Peemoeller
Laura Tanata
Ingrid Bauer
Liena Lacey
Hilary Manning
Genevieve Lang

Under the direction of Alice Giles - international harp soloist and senior lecturer at the ANU School of Music - this exciting and enchanting ensemble is committed to encouraging new repertoire as well as performing arrangements of popular classics.

An aural and visual feast, both as a ‘crowd-pleaser’ and for serious music lovers.
www.harpcentre.com.au/seven-harp-ensemble

Refreshments will be served following the concert. Wine tasting courtesy of Bago Vineyards

Tickets: Pre Buy $40; At the Door $45; Members & Friends $35; Child $20

Associated Event
Jiri Kripac and Keith Bedggood Duo - cornet, vocals, guitar & banjo
Friday 23 April 7pm
Royal Hotel Pacific Highway Kew

FREE SHOW!

Keith & Jiri play music from the jazz/swing era, written by such luminaries as Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, The Gershwin Brothers, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, to name a few. There are ballads, and hard-driving swing and latin styles to promote toe-tapping response.

Saturday 24 April 2.30pm Doors Open 1.45pm for Pre-Concert talk at 2pm
School of Arts Hall Bold Street Laurieton
(Concert concludes approximately 4pm –  short interval)

Sydney Consort – German & English Baroque (Concert 2)
The second of two concerts featuring music of the Baroque era.  Concert 2 features music by German and English composers.

Belinda Montgomery soprano
Hans-Dieter Michatz recorder
Stan Kornel violin & viola d'amore
Monika Kornel harpsichord

Sydney Consort is one of Australia’s most energetic music ensembles devoted to early music of the 17th and 18th Centuries and dedicated to bringing the beauty and wisdom of Baroque music to a rapidly growing audience. Formed in 1997 and led by artistic directors Monika and Stan Kornel, the ensemble appears regularly on classical radio programs and on Sunday Live ABC Classic FM.

As both a soloist and chorus member, Belinda Montgomery has performed extensively with Cantillation, Australia's leading professional chorus, appearing on many of their ABC recordings. Belinda was one of the soprano soloists in Sydney Philharmonia’s Bach Cantata concert series. www.sydneyconsort.com.au

Refreshments typical of the 17h and 18th centuries will be served following the concert.
Tickets: Pre Buy $27; At the Door $32; Members & Friends $27; Child $10

Both Baroque Concerts (1) and (2) Pre Buy $45; Child $15

Saturday 24 April 7.30pm Doors Open 7.10pm
School of Arts Hall Comboyne Street Kendall
(concludes approximately 9pm - short interval)

Maxwell Foster piano
Winner of the 2008 ABC Symphony Australia Young Performers Awards

Maxwell Foster caught audiences’ attention around Australia in 2008 with his breathtaking performance of Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. With this performance he won the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer Award for 2008 and the David Landa Memorial Scholarship for Pianists.

Maxwell is now a sought after concert performer with appearances in 2010 with the Melbourne, Adelaide, Western Australian, and Sydney Symphony Orchestras.
Maxwell has been asked to perform recitals with Musica Viva in their Melbourne and Sydney Coffee Concert Series and he is very excited to be invited to perform at Camden Haven's highly respected Musical Festival!
Beginning music as a young child in Brisbane, Maxwell was accepted into the Queensland Young Conservatorium of Music at eight where he studied under Jenni Flemming. After winning many awards in his home state of Queensland Maxwell's parents allowed him to make the huge step (at 13) of moving to Melbourne to study under Rita Reichman and to attend the Australian Academy of Music whilst boarding at Scotch College Melbourne.

Before winning the ABC Symphony Australia Young Performer's Award, Maxwell had already performed with the Queensland Orchestra, Queensland's St. Lucia Orchestra, Melbourne's Pro Musica Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria and the Melbourne Symphony.

www.symphony.net.au/young-performers-awards

Refreshments will be served following the concert.

Tickets: Pre Buy $30; At the Door $35; Members & Friends $30; Child $10

Saturday 24 April 7pm Doors Open 6pm (Seagulls Bistro opens at 5.30pm)
North Haven Bowling & Recreation Club Ocean Drive North Haven
(concludes approximately 10pm)

Swing Sensation with Songbird Dominque Morgan

A great dance band playing jazz and R&B, deliciously infectious music to get you up and dancing.

Dominique Morgan vocals
Jiri Kripac cornet & vocals
John Conley double bass, bass guitar, guitar
Jim Heywood drums
Simon Heffernan double bass

Tickets: Pre Buy $20; At the Door $25; Members & Friends $20; Child $10

Associated Event
Hastings Choristers Cantorus Choir with Guest Artists Joshua Salter baritone and Heather Moen-Boyd organ 

Saturday 24 April 7pm and Sunday 25 April 2pm

Port Macquarie Baptist Church McIntyre Close Port Macquarie

“In Flanders Fields” featuring the immortal Faure Requiem & other uplifting music honouring those fallen in wars.

Tickets $25, Concession $20, School Students $10 available from Glasshouse Box Office Enquiries  0407 007 993

Sunday 25 April 3pm Doors open 2.40pm
School of Arts Hall Comboyne Street Kendall
(concludes approximately 4.30pm - short interval)

Konstantin Shamray piano
Winner of the 2008 Sydney International Piano Competition

Konstantin Shamray was born in the Soviet Union in 1985 and studied at the Gnessin State Musical College.  Immediately after he received the 1st Prize and 8 Special Prizes in the 2008 Sydney International Piano Competition, Konstantin undertook a 27-Concert Tour of all States of Australia.

The tour was a great success. In May 2009 he performed 14 concerts around Australia with the ASQ, and from March to June 2010 Konstantin is undertaking a major tour of more than 45 concerts in Australia performing with 7 different Orchestras and giving more than 30 Solo Recitals with several different programs.

Prizes awarded to Konstantin at the 2008 SIPC apart from the First Prize, were a national tour with the Australian String Quartet; the ABC ClassicsFM recording prize; the Naxos recording prize; the People’s Choice Prize; prizes for the Best Performances of 19th/20th Century Concertos, Mozart Concerto, work by Beethoven and work by Mozart (excepting concertos).
www.sipca.com.au

Tickets: Pre Buy $30; At the Door $35; Members & Friends $30; Child $10